Research Data Agreement To Further Enhance Digital Tools To
Support Farmers’ Efforts To Efficiently Manage Crop Nutrients

March 21, 2017 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

SAN FRANCISCO & WICHITA, Kan.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, and Koch
Agronomic Services, LLC jointly announced today a research agreement
that marks a significant step forward in applying data-driven digital
tools to support more efficient nutrient management practices for
farmers.

“We know each
field has different nitrogen needs, and we believe adding data on our
scientifically-proven enhanced efficiency fertilizer products into the
Climate FieldView platform will deliver deeper insights to farmers to
help them manage crop fertility.”

Koch Agronomic Services, which produces and markets a proven and
expanding global portfolio of plant performance technologies including
AGROTAIN® nitrogen stabilizer and SUPERU® fertilizer, has agreed to
provide product research data to The Climate Corporation to use in the
development of the data science models that power the company’s
industry-leading Climate FieldView™ digital agriculture platform. These
advanced models feed Climate’s nitrogen monitoring tools that help
farmers build customized management plans for each field to optimize
their inputs and maximize productivity.

With the addition of Koch Agronomic Services’ product data, farmers will
be able to select the Koch Agronomic Services’ product they applied in
each field in their Climate FieldView account, along with the type of
nitrogen fertilizer applied, making Climate’s nitrogen insights even
more personalized.

“Farmers are always working to better manage their agricultural inputs,
and this agreement reinforces both The Climate Corporation and Koch
Agronomic Services’ commitment to enhanced nitrogen efficiency,” said
Mike Stern, chief executive officer for The Climate Corporation.
“Climate’s data science models ingest millions of data points from
multiple sources to help farmers track the level of available nitrogen
for a field, and to generate customized management zones within the
field, throughout the growing season. Through this agreement, we can
build even more robust models to deliver greater value to farmers as
they work to manage this important crop nutrient more efficiently.”

In August 2016, The Climate Corporation announced that it would extend
its platform to enable other ag innovators to build upon and complement
Climate’s digital tools with additional data layers. Through this new
agreement with Koch Agronomic Services, farmers can experience even
greater value from the Climate FieldView platform.

“Our goal is to help farmers achieve their production, profitability and
environmental goals, and we believe this data sharing agreement provides
an additional tool to increase efficiency in agricultural practices,”
said Chase Koch, president of Koch Agronomic Services. “We know each
field has different nitrogen needs, and we believe adding data on our
scientifically-proven enhanced efficiency fertilizer products into the
Climate FieldView platform will deliver deeper insights to farmers to
help them manage crop fertility.”

Officially launched in 2015, the Climate FieldView™ platform is on more
than 100 million acres across the United States, Canada and Brazil, with
more than 100,000 U.S. farmers engaging in Climate's digital tools.
Backed by the most powerful data science engine and most extensive field
research network in the agriculture industry, the Climate FieldView
platform delivers customized insights that help farmers make data-driven
decisions with confidence to maximize yield potential, improve
efficiency and manage risk. In January 2017, The Climate Corporation
unveiled the most robust digital
agriculture research and development pipeline, to continue providing
farmers new digital technologies to help them better understand field
variability and customize their agronomic practices to get the most out
of every acre.

Koch Agronomic Services product selection within a farmer’s Climate
FieldView account is expected for the 2018 growing season. The terms of
the agreement were not disclosed.

To learn more about the Climate FieldView platform, contact your local
Climate dealer or visit climate.com.

The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, aims to help
all the world's farmers sustainably increase their productivity through
the use of digital tools. The integrated Climate FieldView™ digital
agriculture platform provides farmers with a comprehensive, connected
suite of digital tools. Bringing together seamless field data
collection, advanced agronomic modeling and local weather monitoring
into simple mobile and web software solutions, the Climate FieldView
platform gives farmers a deeper understanding of their fields so they
can make more informed operating decisions to optimize yields, maximize
efficiency and reduce risk. For more information, please visit www.climate.com
or follow the company on Twitter@climatecorp.

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